parent resources
We understand the challenges of breastfeeding and bottle feeding. Please find the below resources to help you and your family along the way.
formula shortage information
breastfeeding support resources
- Affirmation cards. YOU GOT THIS!
- KidsHealth breastfeeding articles
- BreastBeginnings App – Android/Apple compatible
- Free, easy to use menus, embedded links to videos, feeding and diaper tracker
- Breastmilk Every Ounce Counts
- Benefits of breastfeeding, getting prepared, working on volume, self-care
- Breastfeeding and Ohio WIC (English/Spanish)
- Food benefits for breastfeeding moms for one year
- Back to work support for moms
- Peer support
- WIC formula alternatives
- Kelly Mom Breastfeeding and Parenting
- Evidence-based, simple, common sense advice
- Black breastfeeding support
- Black Breastfeeding Coalition of Ohio https://blackbreastfeedingcoalitionofohio.org/
- Facebook groups such as ROSE, Mocha Moms
- Milk Mama’s (Dayton), BSTARTS (Cincinnati), BLaC (Central Ohio)
- Chocolate Milk Series (moms and their stories)
- For questions about medications and substances, what’s safe and what’s not:
- LactMed - online or available as an app
- Infant Risk Center - Dr. Hale and team
- Ohio Department of Health Resources for Breastfeeding Rights at Work
- CDC Breastfeeding (English/Spanish)
- Division of nutrition, physical activity and obesity – supporting optimal breastfeeding practices to improve public health
- Data and statistics
- Guidelines and recommendations
- Special populations
- Proven strategies
- La Leche League
- All things breastfeeding, maternal support, local peer support
- Southwest Ohio Breastfeeding Coalition
- All things breastfeeding support and materials in more than 10 languages
video resources
If you are using a breast pump at Dayton Children's, use this link for instructions on using the Medela Symphony Breast Pump located in any of our lactation rooms.
- How to start the Medela Symphony PLUS Maintain program can be viewed here
Global Health Media Breastfeeding Support/Video's (available in 45 languages from Arabic-Vietnamese)
- Attach your baby at the breast
- How to express breastmilk
- Is your baby getting enough milk?
- Breastfeeding in the first hours
Getting Started with Breastfeeding Videos - Standford Medicine
- Breastfeeding in the first hour
- Maximizing milk production
- Hand expressing breastmilk
